Wheel-bearing.



EST AVAILABLE cot Diari;

BENJAMINE F. SHAFFER, F CRYSTAL, MICHIGAN.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Feb. 25, i919.

yApplication filed .Tune 5, 1918. Serial No. 238,412.

To all whom t may concern.'

Be, it known that L'BENJAMXNE F, SHAF- rnu, a citizen of the United States, residing at Crystal, in the county of Montcalm and State of Michigan, fhave invented certain new and useful Impmvcments in "neelt- Bearings, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in the steering wheel bearings on automobiles, and its objects arertirst, to provide a means whereby the' wear of the bearings mayl be readily taken up'; second, to provide a means` whereby the piv'otal bolt. may be firmly locked in place, and, third, to provide a' Vmeans whereby the bearing and adjusting nelements may 'be securely held from revolv ing withvthe wheel bearings'.

I: attain these-objects by the mechanism illustrated in the accompanying drawing, 1u

which Figure 1 is' a sectional elevation, of the end of the yokelthat carries the wheel bearing, and F ig. 2 is an end elevation of the yi'heel bearing. v f

Similarieference numerals indicate simi- 4lar parte throughout the several views. in

the drawings. n v

My improvements are designed to be used upon 'the forks ot' any stock front axletrce of an automobile, and are applied as follows:

I form two cones, 5 having wings 1l that extend up and down on each side of the ends i2 oi the forks, thus reiulering it impossible for the cones to revoive in the least degree. 4' represents the wheel bearing, and to make my' invention more available I closely tit the cones into the ends of 3 the swivel bar 0r support 3, as shown in Fig. 1. The cone 5 is screw' threaded and the bolt f) is also screw threaded from the lower end upward fully one half its; length. so it may be screwed through the cone 5 and the cone may bedrawn 'closely up into its bearing by (nie-rating the bult through the medium of its head l0, inthe usual manner of screwing a bolt int'o :i nut. or bearing.

To anchor the bolt lirmly in position, and to lock it against the possibility of unserening from the cone l form a conical bea-ring inthelou'er wing 2 for thf` reception hffthe conical nutl, which may Abe very Lirmly screwed upon the bolt ijvithout afecting the action of thesuppoi't 3 upon the, zones 5 and the forming of the bearing for the conicalnut 7, and the bearings in the support 3 for the cones 5 and 6.

What i claim as new in the art is:

1. n combination with the front axlet'ree and hea-ring :forks of an automobile, cones fitted with wings arranged to form a recess inl one end of cach cone to firmly anchor them to the ends of the forks, and fit-ted to e-nter proper conical bearings in the wheel support., and means for adjusting the wear in the cone bearingg Y Y 2. In combination with upfront, axletree of an automobile. and its bearing forks, and

vthe, wheel bearings and support, cones formed into bearings'in the wheel support, and to be anchored to the forks,` a bolt passed through the. forks, the cones and the support, said bolt screw-threaded through one of the cones. and a conical aut made to act in a conical 'hearing in one of the arms of the fork to secure the` holt and cones.

3. ln combination with the front axletree of an automobile and its supporting forks, and with the wheel support. conce made to closely engage bearings in the 'support and having wings arranged to engage the forks at the ends. one of the conesscrcw threaded and the other plaima bolt passing 'freely through one arm of the fork and through one of the cones, and screw threaded to engage the screw thread in. the threaded cone. one urln of the fork having a conical opening'through it in alincment with the bolt. a conical nut fitted to said conical opening and adapted to be screwed upon the bolt, and a jam nut for locking said conical nut into place, all so arranged that by unlocking the conical nut and screwing the boltl into the screw threaded cone said cone. may be adjusted to desired-I positions.

4Signed at. Crystal, lilichigan, Mayr, 27th,- lSilS. f A

BEJAMNE F. SHFER.

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